like improvement hy it 5 ? mixture, and in thefe com- 

 ports themfdves by reafon of abundance of fair, with- 

 out <iue proportions of other principles mixt, nothing 

 will grow, for there is no fermentarion without mix- 

 ture of contrary parts or Elements ; and all dunging 

 is in order to fermentation : Hence Columella com- 

 mends Pidgeon-dung, becaufe, fays he, Pra ceteris 

 terramfacit fermentare, the earth generally abounding 

 in its ovyn nature Tvith coldnefs & moi'lure,fo that the 

 richnefs in Salt or Spirit, temper* a Soyl well* which 

 is deficient in thefe principles, for tbofe Vegetables 

 that require in the ground fo fp rightful a Fermentati- 

 on. For divers (rates of ground, and various Fermen- 

 tations are required to different Plants, nor can any 

 one Soyl indifferently and equally agree with them all 

 according to that of Virgil. 



Nee vero xerr&ferre omnes omnia pffunt, 

 Flumlmbus fa! Ices , crajfiffepaludlbm alni 

 Nafcuntur ; fieri les fax oft s montlbus ' orhl y 

 JLittora mjrtetis Utljftma: -dent que apertos 

 Bacchus amat colles^Aqnilonem & f rigor a taxi. 

 \Ajflce & extremis damnum, cultorlbus or hem 

 Eoaffo domos Arabum, plcioffa Gelonos 

 £>ivlf<£ arbor lb us patrU : fola India nigrum 

 Ten ebenum, foils eft thurea vlrgafab&is^ &c. 



All Grounds can't all things bear : The Alder Tree 

 Grows in thick Fens ; with Sallows Brooks agree. 

 Afh cnggy Mountains : Shores fweet Myrtle fills, 

 And laftly, Bacchus loves the Sunny Hills ; 

 The Yew beft profpers in the North, and cold, 

 The conquered Worlds rerr.oteft Swains behold : 

 Seethe Eaftern Arabs , the Gelom y thefe 



Countries are all diftinguiiht by their Trees ; 



The 



